Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among chinese americans: A study of immigration-related factors

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-22

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b   Fang, Le ^a,c   Wu, Yow Wu B ^d   Wieczorek, William F ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; culture; Depression; immigration; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871858688     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31827ab2e2     Document Type: Article

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